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« August 2005 | Main | October 2005 » September 30, 2005Web 2.0: The Intersection of THIS Service and THAT Service
Oh, this is nice. The Web 2.0 Mashup Matrix, available at http://www.programmableweb.com/matrix# , shows you the intersections between different APIs in a grid. Go to an API listing on one axis, and follow it across the other axis to see...
Continue reading "Web 2.0: The Intersection of THIS Service and THAT Service" » GMail Invite Service that Doesn't Even Ask For an Address
This is interesting. I wonder how they're doing it. GMail Time, at http://www.gmailtime.com/ , is giving away GMail Invites (at this writing they have 100+ available) but they're not asking for e-mail addresses. Instead they ask you to enter in...
Continue reading "GMail Invite Service that Doesn't Even Ask For an Address" » Finding MP3 and Other Media Via Del.Icio.Us and Blogdigger
Lifehacker has a nice overview about how to find MP3s and other multimedia through del.icio.us. I love Del RSS feeds. They're great. I subscribe to a bunch of 'em. If you're looking at other ways to get MP3s flowing your...
Continue reading "Finding MP3 and Other Media Via Del.Icio.Us and Blogdigger" » September 28, 2005FeedShot Multi-Feed Submitter
FeedShot ( http://www.feedshot.com/ ) allows you to submit your RSS feed to 20 RSS search engines at one time. While some of the biggies are covered (Feedster, IceRocket) some are missing (Google Blog Search, Blogdex). Enter the URL of your...
092805 What's New At LLRX
Plenty of new stuff over at LLRX.com! You've got Identity Theft: Outline of Federal Statutes and Bibliography of Select Resources ( http://www.llrx.com/features/idtheftguide.htm ), Free and Fee Based Appellate Court Briefs Online ( http://www.llrx.com/features/briefsonline.htm ), RSS and Uncle Sam ( http://www.llrx.com/columns/govdomain9.htm...
See Where Blogs/Feeds Are in Meatspace
Wondering if there are any blogs/RSS feeds in your neighborhood? You can find out with gFeedMap, which puts FeedMap'd blogs onto Google Maps. It's at http://www.eng.uwaterloo.ca/~kkalu/gfeedmap/browse.php and is affiliated with neither Google nor FeedMap. FeedMap, at http://www.feedmap.net/BlogMap/ , lets you...
September 27, 2005Ask Jeeves Jettisoning the Butler
Computerworld is reporting that Ask Jeeves has decided to get rid of the butler in Ask Jeeves, renaming the search engine to Ask.com or something else. It's sad that this happens after the many improvements in AJ over the years,...
Google Celebrates 7, Where Did the 8 Go?
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear GOO-GLE, happy birthday to you. You're seven years old, in 14 more years you can have a beer, and won't we start getting weird search results then! But while...
Continue reading "Google Celebrates 7, Where Did the 8 Go?" » September 25, 2005Flash! Google Moves Something Out of Beta!
But I kid Google. They've moved their Firefox toolbar out of beta, as they explain at http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/09/new-improved-and-out-of-beta_22.html. The out-of-beta toolbar has a couple of Firefox-only features, including the option to customize as well as the implementation of Google Suggest....
Continue reading "Flash! Google Moves Something Out of Beta!" » Quick Google Maps / Zip Code Tool
Ther'es a useful tool at http://maps.huge.info/; enter a zip code and you'll get a refreshed page and an outlined map of the zip code for which you're searching. You can zoom in on it a big and still have the...
DiscontinuedItem.com Expands Directory
Earlier this month DiscontinuedItem.com announced the addition of 2,000 vendors to its database at http://www.discontinueditem.com/. DiscontinuedItem lists vendors by product or by brand. I browsed a little and while I was disappointed in their video games listing (they had GameFly,...
Angels and Pinheads and Search Engine Page Counting
When I was at Web Search University someone started talking to me about the negative-only searches I was doing in Google - like -the -the -the -the -the - and affectionately pointed out that I'm a total nerd. Which I...
Continue reading "Angels and Pinheads and Search Engine Page Counting" » New Firefox Available for Download
Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 is now available for download at http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/. With Firefox Beta is Beta, so if that makes you nervous don't download the new Firefox until the final is released later this year. Release notes are available at...
MSN Launches A Web API
MSN has announced a new MSN Search Web Service from their Weblog; you can read all about it at http://blogs.msdn.com/msnsearch/archive/2005/09/15/467830.aspx . The good thing about is you get a query limit of 10000 queries per application per day. The potentially...
Carpool / Ride Sharing Resource for North Carolina
The state of North Carolina has an online database of ride sharing opportunities at http://www.sharetheridenc.org/. You'll need to register to use the site. Registration is free but the amount of information they require is icky. I suspect they'll get more...
Continue reading "Carpool / Ride Sharing Resource for North Carolina" » A Meta-Tag Search -- Sorta
Looking for a place to do a tag search that'll give you an overview of many different tags in many different categories? Check out Guten Tag at http://creative-mobs.com/gutentag/ ; it's not exactly a tag meta-search, but it's useful. I don't...
A Collection for 40+ GMail Tips
Interested in using GMail better? Jim Barr has a collection of over 40 quick GMail tips at http://gmailtips.com/. A first glance shows some good stuff, but I'm going to have to do some serious reading....
September 23, 2005Herpetology News and Links at The Basking Spot
I hate the design (I'm sorry, I'm too old for bright green text on black) but I love the amount of information you can find at The Basking Spot ( http://www.baskingspot.com/ ), links and news for herpetology fans. Lemme turn...
Continue reading "Herpetology News and Links at The Basking Spot" » September 22, 2005Broken, But Only a Little Bit
Gentle readers, I spent some time cleaning up the site this afternoon, and probably caused a lot of 404 errors. I'll fix them as I have time -- the important thing was to get the directories in some kind of...
September 21, 2005Dumbfind Search Engine Enters Beta 3
If you're into search engines which offer results refinement, or you like exploring more results within the domain of search results pages, check out search engine Dumbfind, which is now entering its third beta at http://www.dumbfind.com . Dumbfind offers two...
Yahoo's New Instant Search
Yahoo's testing a new instant search feature that'll give instant information without having to load a results page. It's quick data with a couple of surprising omissions; you can try it out for yourself at http://instant.search.yahoo.com/ . Yahoo says the...
AskSam Puts MacBeth In Database
Database company AskSam has put the Shakespeare play MacBeth into a free searchable AskSam database. Details and a free download at http://www.asksam.com/ebooks/Shakespeare/MacBeth.asp. And of course there's always the SparkNotes....
The Winona Newspaper Project
There's now a searchable archive for three old newspapers of Winona, Minnesota. The newspapers, available at http://www.winona.edu/library/databases/winonanewspaperproject.htm , include the Winona Argus, the Winona Daily Republican and the Winona Republican Herald. The newspapers span 125,000 pages but it's hard to...
Connect Wikipedia Articles to Meatspace with Placeopedia
More data mashup fun. Placeopedia connects Wikipedia articles to their respective locations on a Google Map. And though the map on the front page of http://www.placeopedia.com/ is of the UK, there are actually linked items from all over the world....
Continue reading "Connect Wikipedia Articles to Meatspace with Placeopedia" » September 20, 2005Opera Is Now Free
Opera has announced that the Opera browser, once available in ad-supported free and premium versions, is now totally free. Yippee! Now is your chance to try Opera without worrying about banner ads. Getcher download at http://www.opera.com/....
MSN's Feed Syntax Temporarily Disabled
You may remember a little while ago I talked about new syntax for MSN's search engine that helped in discovering feeds. Unfortunately there's some kind of issue with the feed syntax and the feed: syntax, which helps you find keywords...
September 17, 2005Why I Think the Internet Bubble is Back, Part I
The other day I had lunch at Dixie Belle's Bar-B-Q. (Which was just excellent -- it's on 64 in Apex, and it has amazing fried okra and nicely seasoned collards. Anyway.) The music is WQDR, which is country. I was...
Continue reading "Why I Think the Internet Bubble is Back, Part I" » September 14, 2005GoFish Launches Web Media Search
The folks at GoFish have launched a new search engine designed to find all kinds of media from all over the Internet. It's called SearchWebMedia, available at http://www.searchwebmedia.com/index.html . The front page contains popular searches you can do or just...
Google Launches a Blog Search
Google's now on the blog search bandwagon with Google Blog Search at http://google.com/blogsearch . There are good things about it and bad things....
Google Gets All Neener-Neener-Neener On Microsoft
Google has an entry in their blog discussing the fact that Dr. Kai-Fu Lee can get working for them despite some legal action from Microsoft. I'm surprised about two things: first that Google's 'blog is staying so busy, and second...
Continue reading "Google Gets All Neener-Neener-Neener On Microsoft" » September 13, 2005Digital Archive Happiness De La Cheesehead
In honor of the 2005 football season being here, I'm writing up the fact that the Wisconsin Historical Society has has a ton of old (Lombardi-era) Green Bay Packers material now available at Turning Points in Wisconsin History: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/ ....
Continue reading "Digital Archive Happiness De La Cheesehead" » September 12, 2005Another Tagging Resource: RawSugar
Mind you, I am getting addicted to searching del.icio.us, but at the same time I'm exploring other tagging resources as the tagging "thing" continues to evolve. With its page-saving ability, search recommendations, and search hookup to Google I'm digging RawSugar...
Shortening Google Maps Links
Yes, Google Maps are terrific, but unfortunately they got those nasty ol' giant URLs. Sid Steward knew about TinyURL but he wanted a shorter URL that at least gives you some idea of where the URL is going (unlike TinyURL...
Ask Kalena For SEO Information
I would get around to covering this when she takes a week off. Ask Kalena ( http://www.searchenginecollege.com/blog.htm ) describes itself as the first agony aunt for the search engine industry. I don't do much SEO and I don't know much...
Version 59 -- Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
Version 59 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is here! This version contains over 2450 articles, books, and other resources relevant to scholarly electronic publishing online. You can get the HTML version at http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html and the PDF version at http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.pdf...
Continue reading "Version 59 -- Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography" » MSN Adds Syntax for Discovering Feeds / Sites With Feeds
Robin Good is reporting that MSN's search engine now includes index that helps users find RSS feeds and sites that link to RSS feeds. (And this is yet another reason that I don't think anybody has to worry about out-Googling...
Continue reading "MSN Adds Syntax for Discovering Feeds / Sites With Feeds" » September 11, 2005Google Maps: Digging a Hole to China (or Wherever)
This is very silly. Go to http://grad.icmc.usp.br/~cipriani/bighole.php?lang=en , wander around the Google Map there, and pick a place you want to dig. The map will refresh to show you where you'd end up if you managed to dig a hole...
Continue reading "Google Maps: Digging a Hole to China (or Wherever)" » Web Site Just for Google Earth Hacks
There's an entire Web site devoted to updates and information on hacks for Google Earth. It's available at http://www.googleearthhacks.com/ . Information here includes updates to Google Earth the program, data updates, and news on an online war game that uses...
September 07, 2005Search Engine of Free, GNU FDL, Creative Commons Images
I'm always wary of search engines for free/public domain images -- I'm always worried you're going to find something useful that's not as free/GNU FDL/PubDom/Creative Common'd as it's supposed to be. But I was reading an interview with the owner...
Continue reading "Search Engine of Free, GNU FDL, Creative Commons Images" » Contemplating Yahoo Images and Google Images
Recently I was putting together a presentation and I needed a few images of RSS buttons. So I went to Google Images and searched for RSS Buttons. The results I got weren't very useful -- lots of screen shots, cartoons,...
Continue reading "Contemplating Yahoo Images and Google Images" » Yahoo Brings Back their Buzz Game
Yahoo has announced in their 'blog that they're bringing back their "Buzz Game" -- predict which technologies for which users will be searching in the future. There are lots of tech goodies to be won. You can get all the...
Unsafe Searching on Google
You know Google has a SafeSearch, right? It's a search that filters content so that you don't get icky stuff in your search results. It doesn't always work, but that's the intention. Now there's Google UnSafeSearch, at http://strix.org.uk/misc/adult.google/index.php . This...
Get the Skinny on All Kinds of Restaurants
It's tags! It's food! It's all kinds of reviews! How could I resist a food review site that uses tags? I like Dinnerbuzz ( http://www.dinnerbuzz.com/ ) though I wish they had more restaurant reviews in my area. From the front...
Continue reading "Get the Skinny on All Kinds of Restaurants" » Missouri Launches Check a Charity Web Site
The state of Missouri has launched a Web site for visitors to check on charities and their status in Missouri. It's available at http://www.ago.mo.gov/checkacharity/index.htm . As is noted on the front page, charities are included here voluntarily. If you don't...
Continue reading "Missouri Launches Check a Charity Web Site" » Hurricane Katrina Resources
Overall News Source: WWLTV.com is keeping a running 'blog: http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/WWLBLOG.ac3fcea.html. Breaking News from the Times-Picayune: http://www.nola.com/newslogs/breakingtp/. An on-the-scene blogger with a cam: http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/. ---- Gulf Coast Lullaby: http://www.preyinglizardmusic.com/donation.html Finding jobs, post-Katrina, in South Carolina: http://www.columbiakatrinajobs.com/ Resources for displaced professionals and...
New Google Mobile Search Options
There are new Google Mobile search options for movies, weather, and stock information. Details at the Google Blog....
Google Destroying All Non-Indexable Information
Satirical newspaper The Onion has an awesome story about how Google is planning to destroy all information it can't index. "The new project, dubbed Google Purge, will join such popular services as Google Images, Google News, and Google Maps, which...
Continue reading "Google Destroying All Non-Indexable Information" » Google Sitemaps for Mobile Phones
Remember Google Sitemaps? Now Google's released them for sites with content for mobile phones. Get all the skinny from the Google 'blog....
Digitizing Materials in India
The Hindustan Times is reporting that Carnegie Mellon University and the Indian ministry of communications and information technology are teaming up to digitize a million rare manuscripts and other items from across India. "According to SVDL director BS Reddy, the...
Community Resources in Philadelphia
There's a Web site for finding community resources in Philadelphia at http://www.phillysos.org/. You can search by keyword, browse by agency or service category, or do a multiple-characteristic search. A simple search for tutoring found 105 results (which you can further...
September 06, 2005We Appear to Be Back
We appear to be back. However there's going to be some goofiness for a while, so please be patient. The templates were hosed, but I didn't like them anyway, so the place is going to look a bit generic for...
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